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Odessa, TX
119,748 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4853388 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Odessa ranked #68 of 340 cities and 2nd of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Odessa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Midland TX, Wichita Falls TX, Lafayette LA, Abilene TX, Evansville IN, Beaumont TX, Greeley CO, Topeka KS, Columbia MO, Macon-Bibb County GA, Roanoke VA, Savannah GA, Amarillo TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #68 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #176 | #135 | #165 | #56 | #61 | #43 | #76 | #22 | #12 | #114 | #61 | #99 | #185 | #98 | #84 | #61 | #119 | #186 | #68 | #41 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 92,541 | 93,843 | 95,791 | 97,445 | 99,986 | 99,817 | 102,009 | 105,908 | 110,158 | 114,430 | 118,421 | 117,159 | 116,418 | 120,037 | 123,334 | 114,934 | 112,210 | 113,304 | 116,402 | 119,748 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #41 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | -0.2 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +1.4 | — | +1.0 | +2.2 | +2.2 | +1.7 | +1.8 | -2.7 | -1.8 | +1.9 | +1.4 | -0.1 | -3.6 | -1.3 | +0.5 | +0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #43 of 271 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.8 | — | 6.2 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 8.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #67 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 17.6% | 16.8% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 20.7% | 17.8% | 18.3% | 18.6% | 19.9% | 21.0% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.3% | 21.3% | — | 21.4% | 22.8% | 20.4% | 20.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #109 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 3.2 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 3.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #152 of 295 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 122.1 | 117.4 | 74.7 | 62.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 41,283 | 42,252 | 43,023 | 45,496 | 44,696 | 45,509 | 45,329 | 50,809 | 52,824 | 52,099 | 54,281 | 52,975 | 52,153 | 55,367 | 57,285 | 54,573 | 50,793 | 54,208 | 56,693 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #292 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | -2.8 | -4.2 | +0.1 | +1.4 | +0.4 | -4.7 | +4.6 | -0.2 | -2.6 | +2.9 | +5.7 | -2.4 | -3.2 | -1.8 | +4.1 | +2.4 | -1.4 | -2.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,993 | 50,309 | 53,741 | 56,845 | 57,458 | 56,150 | 57,943 | 60,123 | 59,591 | — | 58,154 | 56,513 | 65,959 | 61,254 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #117 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.1% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 11.0% | 7.7% | 4.8% | 2.6% | — | 6.2% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #143 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | -0% | 10% | 3% | 23% | 22% | 5% | 13% | 22% | 28% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #63 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $1,401 | $1,345 | $1,201 | $1,219 | $2,091 | $1,974 | $1,786 | $1,600 | $1,430 | $1,038 | $940 | $764 | $1,423 | $1,248 | $1,092 | $1,903 | $1,771 | $1,540 | $1,362 | $1,212 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Odessa. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.